Burma
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Please continue
to keep Nancy* and the children for whom she cares at Hallelujah Orphanage in
Burma held close in prayer. Pray God will provide the resources Nancy and her
family need to care for all 11 children (ranging in age from 9 to 18) in their
home. Give thanks to God the children, Nancy, and her family have stayed well
during this rainy season when dengue fever is rampant. http://tinyurl.com/yayyqom Pray they will
continue to be healthy.
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Pray for Nancy,
her family, and the children as they work to harvest their corn crop during
this very rainy period. Pray for a bountiful harvest of corn and pineapples
that will help support the work at Hallelujah Orphanage. Pray God will provide
for the needs of this small ministry to children who are orphaned, abandoned,
or neglected. And pray God will continue to encourage Nancy as she fulfills the
vision and plan to which God has called her.
Nepal (Next
Generation Nepal – www.nextgenerationnepal.org)
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Give thanks to
God for the rescue of eight children, aged 5 to 9 years, from a children’s home
where they were abused and neglected. Thanks be to God for the persistence of
the Next Generation Nepal (NGN) staff in negotiating and campaigning to rescue
these children from such horrible circumstances.
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Give God praise
the children will receive care, love, and education at the NGN-funded transitional
home while the organization searches for their families. Pray the children will
come to trust the NGN staff and allow healing and recovery to begin. http://tinyurl.com/mvzq4kf
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Pray the staff
and volunteers with NGN will be able to locate the families of these children
and begin the long process of reconnection and reunification.
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Pray for the
estimated 11,000 children of Nepal who live in children’s homes or orphanages.
Two out of three of these children have at least one living parent; often these
parents believe their children have been lost to them.
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Thanks be to God
for the work of NGN and The Himalayan Innovative Society (THIS) in rescuing the
trafficked children of Nepal and reuniting them with their families.
United States
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Please keep
5-year-old Hayden McAllister in prayer as he recovers from brain surgery. Pray
for God’s healing touch to be upon Hayden and lessen the pain of recovery. Pray
for his parents and family as they help care for Hayden during this season of
healing. Pray for the nursing staff and all those with whom Hayden comes into
contact while he is in the hospital. Pray he will be surrounded by
compassionate caregivers during his recovery.
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Pray for a
9-year-old Minnesota girl who was accidentally shot in the chest by her
5-year-old brother. Give thanks to God she wasn’t critically injured and is
expected to recover from this injury. Pray for her little brother and her three
other siblings. Pray for their parents who are being investigated for possible
negligence as the .22-caliber rifle with which the little girl was shot had
been left out for repairs. Pray all children are provided a safe environment in
which to grow and thrive. Pray the adults and caregivers in their lives will act
responsibly to protect their children. http://tinyurl.com/kex9q4v
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Please continue
to pray for 4-month-old Haydn* who is recovering from heart surgery. Pray for
comfort and healing as he is experiencing more health complications and will
need to see a kidney specialist, as well. Pray for his mother who is physically
and emotionally exhausted from caring for Haydn. Pray God will surround them
with a compassionate and caring support community. Pray for peace and rest for
both Haydn and his mother.
Faces of Children
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Pray God will
bring comfort and peace to Faces of Children prayer partner Orvileine Fergus,
her sister, and family as they grieve the loss of Fergie’s brother-in-law. Give
God thanks this beloved man has been released from the severe pain he endured
because of the cancer in his body. Pray his family will feel God’s love through
the tenderness and compassion of their support community during this season of
loss and sadness.
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Pray for
Fernando, the husband of Faces of Children intercessor Linda Paquian, as he
endures blood transfusions and chemotherapy treatments for a rare form of
cancer, malignant mesothelioma. http://tinyurl.com/5wvp46x
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Give thanks to
God for the positive report 23-year-old Meaghan, the daughter of a Faces of
Children prayer partner, received at her follow-up appointment with her
endocrinologist. Meaghan had surgery for thyroid cancer almost a year ago and
was told that she is now cancer free, praise be to God!
*Name changed for confidentiality and/or protection.
